Gate-hanger.



J. STULLER, SR.

GATE HANGER.

APPLIGATIQN FILED JUNE 21, 191s.

1,124,550. Patented .111112. 1915.

TMLV MORRIS PETE-ies C0 PHOTO'LITHQ. WASHVNGION Dv c JOSHUA STULLER,SR., 0F CASCO TOWNSHIP, ALLEGAN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

GATE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application led .Tune 21, 1913. Serial No. 775,159,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOSHUA STULLER, Sr., acitizen of the United States, residing at Casco township, in the countyof Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulGate-Hanger; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates and the like, and particularly to a newand useful gate hanger therefor.

An object of the invention is the provision of an improved hanger whichwill not only permit the gate to slide backwardly and forwardly, butwill allow the same to swing in either direction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved hangerhaving means to assist in preventing sagging of the gate, when openingthe same, regardless of whether the gate is swung open or slidbackwardly.

In practical fields, it may be found necessary to subject the details ofconstruction to alterations, to which the patentee is entitled, providedthe alterations fall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a View in side elevation showing theapplication of a gate hanger to a farm gate, showing the same slidbackwardly in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the gate swungopen. F ig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the hanger.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the usual formof gate, while 2 denotes the latch post, while 3 designates the gatesupporting posts, which are connected by the transverse bars 5 and 6.

The hanger 7 is in the form of an elongated loop, and extending from itsupper and lower portion are the lugs 8, which are threaded to receivethe nuts 9, that is, sub sequently to passing through the bars 5 and 6,there being washers 10 between the hanger and the said bars. The bar 11of the gate 1 passes through the hanger, and engages an anti-frictionalroller 12, which is journaled upon a pin 13 of the hanger.

Projecting laterally of the sides 0f the hanger are ears 14, whichengage opposite sides of the bar 11 0f the gate 1, not only for offeringslight resistance when opening the gate, that is, by sliding the samerearwardly, but constitute means for frictionally engaging the bar 11,sufiiciently to assist in supporting the weight of the gate when openingthe same.

Applicant is aware that broadly speaking gates designed to be opened byswinging in either direction, and by sliding have been heretoforeproduced, but it must be borne in mind that applicant is not claimingthe broad or generic idea, but is claiming a specific practical,essential and desirable construction of gate hanger casting, so pivotedbetween two spaced bars connecting substantially midway between twovertical supports and provided with a roller, and particularly havingfrictionally engaging sides and arms to contact with the opposite sidesof the gate, the gate being allowed to swing open in either direction,or slide entirely open, as specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis A closure structure comprising a closure member, a pair of verticalsupports, one upon each side of the closure member, a pair of spacedbars connecting said supports, one above and one below one of theinterior palings of the closure member, said spaced bars extendingtransversely, one adjacent the under edge of the upper paling of theclosure member, the other adjacent the upper edge of the paling belowthe paling between said bars, a hanger casting pivoted between saidspaced bars substantially midway between said supports and provided withdirect opposite sides engaging frictionally and flat against oppositesides of the paling between the bars, the opposite sides of said hangercasting having direct opposite yieldable arms extending in a directionparallel with the closure member and engaging frictionally and flatagainst the opposite sides of the paling between saidv bars, said armsoffering additional friction, which is designed to be overcome whensliding the closure member open, a roller bearing journaled in saidhanger casting on which the paling between said bars engage, saidclosure member designed to be slid entirely open, said vertical supportbeing so spaced apart relative to each other and relative to the hanger,as topermit the closure member to swing open in either direction.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscrlbing Witnesses.

JOSHUA STULLER, SR.

Witnesses:

EARNEST WELLINGTON, ZELDA M. PICKE'IT.

Copies o! this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Washington. D. C.

Commissioner of Patents.

